Author: Ewang Johnson
Rapper Kendrick Lamar topped the list of Grammy contenders for the second straight year on Friday with nine nominations, including best album, record and song. Next up with seven nods is pop superstar Lady Gaga, making a splashy comeback to touring with her album “Mayhem”. Source link
South Africa Reopens Inquest into Nobel Laureate Chief Albert Luthuli’s Mysterious 1967 DeathSouth Africa’s National Prosecuting Authority (NPA) has reopened the inquest into the 1967 death of Chief Albert John Mvumbi Luthuli, the country’s first Nobel Peace Prize winner and former African National Congress (ANC) president. Family members and historians have long questioned the official ruling of accidental death, pushing for fresh scrutiny into the incident that claimed the life of this anti-apartheid icon.Luthuli died on July 21, 1967, after being struck by a train near his home in Stanger (now KwaDukuza), KwaZulu-Natal. The original inquest concluded he was hit…
We, the Special Envoys for our respective regions, wish to express our strong support for the Brazilian Presidency and all leaders committed to climate action at Belém. COP30 presents both a significant opportunity and a profound challenge. To remain aligned with the ambition of the Paris Agreement amidst an increasingly complex geopolitical environment, we must demonstrate decisive progress. Multilateralism, grounded in international law and guided by the Paris Agreement, remains our most effective framework. A clear signal from COP30 that the international community stands united in its determination to confront climate change will resonate globally. Our shared commitment to fully implement the Paris Agreement…
Paris des Arts has travelled to Athens, Greece, on a mission to awaken your taste buds! Greek gastronomy’s ambassador Dina Nikolaou takes us to the beating heart of the Greek capital, the central market, to show us her country’s finest fresh ingredients. We then meet a French chef who has warmly embraced Greek cuisine and lifestyle: Arnaud Bignon runs the Michelin-starred restaurant Spondi. Finally, we enjoy some sweet treats with our fauvorite pastry chef, Stelios Parliaros, who has revolutionised Greek desserts. Source link
This intriguing series from Vince Gilligan stars Better Call Saul’s Rhea Seehorn as a cynical woman living in a world where people are suddenly happy all the time. The result is George Orwell meets Invasion of the Body Snatchers.If a mystery man talks directly to you by name through your television, and you’re not dreaming or hallucinating, it’s safe to assume the world has shifted. How and why is the question that winds through Breaking Bad and Better Call Saul creator Vince Gilligan’s delightful new series. Pluribus plays like George Orwell meets Invasion of the Body Snatchers, but it still…
London, United Kingdom, 6 November 2025 -/African Media Agency(AMA)/ Former President of the African Development Bank (AfDB), Dr. Donald Kaberuka has called for Africa to strengthen and integrate its financial and governance institutions to safeguard the continent’s future in a rapidly fragmenting global order.Delivering the 2025 Babacar Ndiaye Lecture on the sidelines of the World Bank Group/IMF Annual Meetings in Washington DC, Kaberuka warned that “the world is not waiting for Africa; therefore, Africa must not wait for the world,” and urged African nations to take ownership of their development agenda through resilient, homegrown institutions.Reflecting on global power shifts, Kaberuka pointed…
In this episode of arts24, we journey into the enchanting world of Isao Takahata, one of the founding fathers of Japanese animation and the creative force behind Studio Ghibli classics like “Grave of the Fireflies” and “Only Yesterday”. From his early days in the 1960s to his final masterpiece, a new Paris retrospective traces Takahata’s lifelong quest to capture humanity, emotion and the beauty of everyday life through animation. Source link
Created by super-producer Ryan Murphy and with an all-star cast led by Kim Kardashian, legal series All’s Fair has had savage reviews. But viewers have been celebrating its mix of high-camp, statement fashion and spotless interiors.Since it debuted on Hulu on Tuesday, the glossy new legal drama All’s Fair has been roundly savaged by critics. In the UK, The Times opined that it “may be the worst TV drama ever”, while The Guardian branded it “fascinatingly, existentially terrible”; both newspapers awarded it zero stars out of five. All’s Fair currently holds a rare 0% fresh rating on Rotten Tomatoes, which…
The AMA Newsroom connects African stories to both human and AI audiences worldwideABIDJAN, Côte d’Ivoire, 5 November 2025 -/African Media Agency(AMA)/ – African Media Agency (AMA), the continent’s leading pan-African communications and PR platform, has optimized its newsroom for Artificial Intelligence (AI) discoverability, making it compatible with Large Language Models (LLMs).This evolution ensures that press releases distributed through AMA Wire are not only visible to journalists and audiences but also recognized and indexed by advanced AI systems such as ChatGPT, Gemini, and Claude.“AI isn’t replacing PR, it’s transforming how stories are found and shared,” said Eloïne Barry, Founder and CEO of African Media…
This week on arts24’s film show, critic Manon Kerjean from Lost in Frenchlation joins us to explore four very different slices of French cinema – from monumental architecture to female bandits, nostalgic comedy and a sweeping national portrait. We begin with “L’Inconnu de la Grande Arche” (The Great Arch), a visually striking portrait of the architect behind Paris’s modern landmark, La Grande Arche de La Défense. Director Demoustier turns stone and steel into emotion, capturing the tension between ambition, politics and legacy, with Danish actor Claes Bang mastering French for the role. Source link